The BG series are full of things like this. A lot of characters are there simply to let you have some fun. The Umar Hills Journal is the most obvious one though. I try to find and identify them all. It's so humerous
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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings